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Field has mulled selling artifacts
When the Field Museum sold more than 30 works of 19th-century Western art for millions of dollars in 2004, it eased controversy by announcing plans to spend the proceeds on new artifacts and by holding on to four of the best paintings from the collection....
Tags: Auction Service, Values, Politics, Wildlife, Research
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Review: 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' considers 9/11 effects
If there ever was a time to see "The Reluctant Fundamentalist," that time is here and now. In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, with even President Obama asking, "Why did young men who grew up and studied here as part of our communities and...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Movies, Entertainment, Pakistan, Om Puri
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Arthur Machen Jr., Venable law partner
Arthur W. Machen Jr., a retired attorney who was also the chancellor of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland and a legal advocate for the poor, died of congestive heart failure Wednesday at Gilchrist Hospice Care. The former Ruxton resident was 92. A well-...
Tags: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Baltimore County, Legal Service, Politics, Anglicanism
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David Petraeus to teach at CUNY school in New York
David Petraeus, the former four-star general who was forced out as head of the Central Intelligence Agency because he had an affair with his biographer, has accepted a post as a visiting professor in New York. In a statement released Tuesday, Macaulay...Tags: David Petraeus, Adultery, Politics, West Point, Immigration
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Dinosaur-size debt
For many people the defining moment in the Field Museum's recent history was the bid at a 1997 auction that made Chicago home to the Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton known as Sue. But that choice could have far less impact on the Field's future than another...
Tags: Daniel Burnham, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Politics, Travel, Research
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Hopkins researcher receives new award to spotlight scientists
Many people have heard of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg or Google co-founder Sergey Brin. But few know about Bert Vogelstein, a Johns Hopkins scientist who helped map the cancer genome and created gene and stool tests to detect colon cancer. A new,...
Tags: Medical Research, Leukemia, Mark Zuckerberg, Education, Science and Technology
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With 'The Croods' in top spot, 'Olympus' will fall to No. 2
"The Croods" could club its way to box-office success this weekend, as the animated caveman movie looks certain to end up No. 1. The 3-D DreamWorks Animation film is likely to open with a solid $40 million, according to those who have seen pre-release...
Tags: Gerard Butler, Movies, Aaron Eckhart, Politics, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.
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'Croods' simple but dazzling
Opening Friday The Croods Cavemen — they’re just like us! — or so ‘‘The Croods’’ seems to be saying with its familiar mix of generational clashes, coming-of-age milestones and generally relatable laughs. ...
Tags: Gerard Butler, Terrorism, Politics, Radha Mitchell, Cloris Leachman
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Crompton 'Tommy' Smith Jr., steeplechase rider
Crompton "Tommy" Smith Jr., an accomplished steeplechase rider who won the Maryland Hunt Cup five times, died Tuesday at his Upperco home from complications of a riding accident suffered more than a decade ago. He was 75. The son and grandson of noted...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Horse and Harness Racing, Christianity, Track and Field, Anglicanism
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Mohsin Hamid comes home to roost in Pakistan
Many of the characters in Mohsin Hamid's novels are cultural nomads, hopscotching between the Islamic world and the Western capitalist world, the spiritual and the material, Urdu and English, the undernourished countryside and the teeming mega-city. It'...
Tags: Lahore (Pakistan), Graham Greene, Heroin, Liev Schreiber, The Reluctant Fundamentalist (movie)
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Lake Forest High School adds 3 graduates to wall of fame
Three new faces will join the Alumni Wall of Fame at Lake Forest High School, which contains photographs and plaques celebrating the accomplishments of former students and inspiring current ones. The three unveiled Wednesday were David Crane, Thomas...
Tags: Western Africa, High Schools, Education, Tuberculosis, Graduation
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'Jurassic Park' paleontologist offers advice on ways of dinosaurs
The blockbuster Steven Spielberg movie "Jurassic Park," being re-released in 3-D on April 5, wouldn't be the same place without paleontologist Jack Horner. In addition to advising the production on scientific matters, Horner provided inspiration for the...Tags: Education, Science and Technology, Steven Spielberg, Financial Aid, Science
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